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R.A. Schiavone Memorial Cup Coming to Forsgate June 20-21

By Suzy Abrams Jones
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J.—Forsgate Country Club, the award winning, central New Jersey private golf club operated by RDC Golf Group, Inc., proudly announces the first annual R.A. Schiavone Memorial Cup, June 20-21, 2012. This two-day pro-senior scratch tournament, to be staged on Forsgate’s renowned 6,844-yard, par-71 Banks Course,  is sanctioned by both the New Jersey section of the PGA and the New Jersey State Golf Association. 
The Cup is named in honor of longtime Garden State golf course owner/investor Ronald A. Schiavone who was recently honored posthumously with the National Golf Course Owners Association Award of Merit for his significant long-term contribution to the game of golf. He is also the father of RDC Golf Group President Christopher Schiavone.
“This event honors a man who contributed to golf in New Jersey, even though he was not a golfer himself. As founder of the state’s largest country club—the 54-hole Fiddler’s Elbow—and primary owner of Forsgate Country Club for more than a decade, Ron Schiavone provided the entrepreneurial vision that helped elevate the quality of the game in the Garden State.” said Christopher Schiavone
Open to senior (50+) scratch amateur players and PGA pros, the event begins on June 20, with a skills competition followed by a welcome luncheon. The action on the course will then take off with a two-man team, aggregate score Pro/Senior Scratch Championship. While competing as a team, the pros will also be competing in an Individual Pro Medal Play Championship, featuring a $5000 purse ($2,000 first place) and the amateurs will be carding the first 18-holes of their 36-hole Senior Scratch Individual Medal Play Championship. A steak and lobster dinner and awards presentation will cap off the day’s activities.
On June 21, the senior amateurs will return to the club for the final round of the Senior Scratch Individual Medal Play Championship. First place will be a $600 gift certificate and a one year Honorary Membership at Forsgate Country Club. Gift cards in various denominations will be awarded to second place – fifth place finishers.
“A fan of the individual amateur competitor, my father recognized that the over-50 golfer was a big contributor to his business, and he would be pleased with an event that focused on that group of golfers,” added Schiavone.
The entry fee for this event is $295 (includes both two-person team competition and individual senior player event Tuesday) and the field is limited to 60 teams. For more information or to register your team, contact Heifa Sirangelo at (732) 656-8900.
 
ABOUT FORSGATE COUNTRY CLUB
Forsgate Country Club ( www.forsgatecc.com ) is an exclusive, full service, family-oriented private country club located in the heart of New Jersey. Forsgate offers permanent golf, sports and social memberships for individuals, families, and corporations. Established in 1931, Forsgate Country Club features 36 holes of world-class golf, including the renowned Banks Course, designed to recreate historic holes throughout Europe, and the Palmer Course, is a traditional American design with challenging water hazards on ten of its scenic holes. The country club also offers facilities for banquet events and corporate meetings as well as a new state-of-the-art sports complex that includes a fitness center, pool and cabana cafe. Forsgate Country Club, which is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia at Exit 8A of the NJ Turnpike, is owned and operated by RDC Golf Group, Inc.      For more information on Forsgate, visit the club’s page on Facebook, follow the club on Twitter or visit www.forsgatecc.com.
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Suzy Abrams Jones (203) 618-1864 office / (407) 256-6200
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